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Updated Jan. 8, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

SEVERING SEVERANCE: Are job-loss benefits less popular these days?

That could be the case for workers at companies with 100 or more employees, according to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In 1999, 31% of those workers had access to severance pay. For that year's data, the bureau included part-time workers, who make up a smaller portion of the work force, making past comparisons tricky. Still, severance for full-time workers at those establishments became less popular in the 1990s, with access dropping to 36% of workers...